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Real Madrid reportedly on the brink with Welsh star Gareth Bale

Real Madrid's forward Jese Rodriguez (L) celebrates a goal with Real Madrid's Welsh forward Gareth Bale during the Spanish league football match Real Madrid CF vs RC Celta de Vigo at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on March 5, 2016. / AFP / GERARD JULIEN

A report in Barcelona-based newspaper SPORT has today claimed that "heavyweights of the Madrid dressing room" aren't enjoying Bale's renewed "air of grandeur" stemming from his good performances in recent months.

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"What's more, they have not liked that he is now at the door of president Florentino Perez asking for an improved contract that, according to some of his teammates, doesn't correspond to his performances in recent years," they add.

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